What Legion Posts Can Do Essay Contest Suggestions
Essay by Miss Anna Zimmerman from Monson Maine seventh and eighth graders argues the American Legion can improve towns. Proposals include a soldiers monument clean streets a supervised public playground a band stand a gymnasium a public swimming pool a town hall for entertainments and quarry work to employ men and attract families while promoting Americanism.
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American Legion
Monson
Maine
Anna Zimmerman
Legion National
Legion
Legion extends goodwill through veterans aid and friendship
A recent letter from T. Watson, a member of the Great War Veterans Association of Canada, praises the Legion for comradeship and financial assistance. The correspondent, Lapp, editor of the Veteran, notes the belief in Legion friendship and recalls an experience seeking help in the United States where he says he received guidance and support.
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U Nis. Ss
Comrades-At-Arms
T. “Watson
Canada
Ifum
Lapp
U. S
American Legion
Legion probation plan earns Detroit respect for law
Judge Thomas M. Cotter in Detroit has implemented a Legion supported probation system for discharged soldiers. It requires only the man’s promise to reform and an endorsement by a Legion official, sparing most from prison. Of 847 veterans, only six or seven reoffended, and the program has spread to all city police courts.
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Thomas M. Cotter
Recorder's Court of
Detroit
Mich
American Legion
Cotter
From convict to colonelcy in wartime tale of Kenneth WF Thomas
Kenneth WF Thomas, imprisoned in Virginia for bigamy, escaped during the World War outbreak, reached Canada, enlisted, and earned recognition as a colonel. He later returned to Richmond, offered to finish his prison term, citing a two year hospital recovery for war injuries. The American Legion is seeking pardon or parole, presenting the case to Virginia’s governor amid praise for his bravery and duty.
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Kenneth
Thomas
Virginia
Canada
Oy Ichinga
Richmond
Almerican Legion
Hancock Missing After War Service Now Sought
Roy M Hancock, a former private in the Motor Transport Corps during World War II, is the subject of a diligent search. His mother Mrs Hatley Hancock of Chattanooga Tennessee awaits word, believing officials classified him as a deserter and noting a state hospital in Fort Sam Houston Texas indicated her son’s status.
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Roy
Hancock
Motor Transport ‘Corps of the Army
Hatley Hancock
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ag Na
Harry
Fort Sam" Houston
Donation of Memorial Officials of Tlinois Department
Donation of memorial officials from the Tlinois department is noted in a compact notice. The item reflects an official acknowledgment of donor intent and placement. The notice mentions involved departments and relevant dates within a concise archival record.
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The
Tlinois
Department of
Modish Frocks and One-Piece Bathing Suits Forecast Summer Styles
A vivid catalog of summer dress fabrics and one-piece bathing suits highlights dotted Swiss and maroon outfits. The feature touts faultless fit, pure wool, fast color, and attractive trims like organdie flowers, moire ribbons, and knitted suits for children, with emphasis on ease of water play and fashionable silhouettes.
Reporting assets of Texas railroads for 1923 totals rise
Austin reports 35 of about 100 Texas railroads show intangible assets in 1923 totaling 73 141 150 dollars, up 513 582 from 1922. Railroads listed include Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio Texas & Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas Gulf Colorado Santa Fe and others with varying gains and losses. Bridge and ferry firms add Redodo Bridge Company Brownsville Ferry Company and Porfirio Diaz El Paso Bridge Company, the latter reduced by fire damage.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
John G. Willacy
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Texas & Pacific
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railway of Texas
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Houston & Texas Central
Houston East
West Texas
New Orleans
St. Louis
St. Louis Southwestern, $1,313,565; Fort Worth
Denver City
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf
Panhandle & Santa Fe
Pecos & Northern Texas
Texarkana
Fort Smith
Paris
Great Northern
Brownsville
Mexico
Beaumont
Sour Lake & Western
Stephenville
North & South Texas
Shreveport
Houston & Gulf
Sugarland Railway
Texas Midland
Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern
Wichita Valley Lines
Abilene & Southern
Cisco & Northeastern
el Paso & Southwestern
Rio Grande, el Paso & Santa Fe
Galveston, Houston & Henderson
Quanah
Acme & Pacific
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf
Texas Mexican
Wichita Valley Southern
Laredo Bridge Company
Brownsville Ferry Company
Porfirio Diaz
el Paso Bridge Company
Orr Heads Farm Bureau in Texas Re elected
Orr named president of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association at its Dallas annual meeting. W. W. Pitts of Wills Point was elected vice president and J. W. L. Hall secretary. The year’s report shows the association handled 10,998,028.72 dollars worth of cotton, including 77,706 bales for pooling and sale, with about 20,000 member growers.
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Dallas
Tex
John T. Orr
Texas Farm’ Bureau Cotton Association
W. W. Pitts
Wills Point
J. W. L. Hall
Orr
Association For
Brownwood Farmer Claims Solving Grasshopper Problem
C E Scott, a farmer in the Grosvenor locality near Brownwood Texas, says he has solved the grasshopper problem on his farm. He grows twenty acres of cotton and keeps 115 turkeys that forage in the fields twice daily, making a clean sweep of the pests and keeping their increase in check.
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Brownwood,Tex
C. E. Scott
Grosvenor
Scientists Make Artificial Wood In New Process
Christiania reports a Kullebund scientist claims to have made artificial wood from 50 percent sawdust mixed with chalk and chemicals. Under very heavy pressure the material reportedly matches genuine timber in hardness, resists rot, and only burns at temperatures far above ordinary timber ignition.
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Christiania
Kullebund
Liquor Seized from Jap Ship Arriving in Honolulu
United States customs officers seized 292 quarts of liquor from the Toyo Kisen Kabushiki liner Korea Maru. It marked the first Japanese vessel to arrive in Honolulu after the new liquor supply rules on ships became effective.
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Honolulu
United States
Toyo
Greek Commander Resigns Amid Health Reasons
Athens reports General Pangalos, commander in chief of the Greek army, has resigned. He is succeeded by General Mavromichalis as minister of war. Officials cite health reasons for the retirement and note a smooth transition.
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Athens
Pangalos
Mavromichalis
German teaching in California public schools approved
Sacramento California report notes that the teaching of German in public schools of the state, criticized during World War I, was authorized Thursday by the state board of education. The action signals renewed curricular approval for language study amid wartime sentiment and postwar reassessment.
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Sacramento
Cal
of Education
Billie Brownie’s Fairyland Day In Review
Billie Brownie recounts a whimsical day visiting fairyland creatures from Bennie Brownie to a Pekingese dog, a white cat, Willie Woodthrush, and a beetle couple. The narrator describes cozy tree perches, a hammock, a trapeze, and the wood thrush’s rain seeking song, ending with the family’s affection for her storytelling.
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Billie Brownie
Fairyland
Bennie Brownie
Gich
Wille ‘Woodthrush
Willie
Wille
Beetle
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Texas Railroads
Dadius
Bill E. Brownie
Kent K
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